Wacker Constructs Powder Plant in China

1:44 PM MDT | July 31, 2007 | Chemical Week Editorial Staff

Wacker-Chemie says it is building a 30,000-m.t./year spray dryer at Nanjing, China to produce the company’s Vinnapas dispersible polymer powders. The products, based on vinyl acetate and ethylene, are used in the construction industry. Wacker makes Vinnapas dispersible polymer powders as part of the company’s Wacker Polymer Systems joint venture with Air Products. Wacker is expected to buy Air Products’ 20% stake in the jv by year-end. The Nanjing Vinnapas facility will be Wacker’s second in China. The company brought a Vinnapas polymer...